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I didn't actually buy anything new for my transition back to Linux. I have a gaming system that had traditionally been running windows. It's a powerful system, but has always been …

It is maybe one of the most featureless terminals out there. Slow, poor color support, weird and frustrating permission interactions, limited font options, incomplete terminal emul…

I ended up doing something similar a few years ago. Picked up a MacBook Pro M1 Max back when the M1 stuff was new to replace an aging Lenovo running Linux. I actually really loved …

Took me a moment to realize this isn't related to 86Box, the low level hardware emulator. Cool project though. We needed something like this in Linux.

I used this for a couple years many many years ago. I even made several dock widgets for it for various purposes. The source code for these widgets even helped me get my first prog…

I honestly don't know. I imagine not.

My mom lived in a historical house when she was a kid in the 60s. Since then, the house has become a museum. There are a lot of "artifacts" on display that "came from the 1800s" th…

Most people think of swap as "emergency memory in case I run out of memory" and while it's true that it can get used in this way, it usually serves a much more critical purpose in …

Scheme, Racket, Clojure.

Awww. "Please don't leave me! I bring you gifts!" I had a cat that would gift give if I was away for a while too. I always figured it was a bribe to not do it again. He also liked …

This isn't related to SWEET16 directly, but a workflow I enjoy for 6502 assembly is to use the zero page as a data stack. With a small set of macros and functions you can easily pa…

I appreciate your stance, though it's dripping with the zealotry you are complaining about. Just in the other direction. :) I like the nano, but it suffers from the "I may find mys…

I have the magic keyboard, which doubles as a case. It's actually a pretty decent keyboard, though it certainly adds to the weight of the device. Pretty easy to recommend though. I…

A few years ago, I wanted to switch my leisure time computing to a device that would basically keep me from being able to work when I'm not actually working. I'll often sit in fron…

"no longer free for all" implies that it was "free for all" and the change is making it no longer "free for all". In other words, the title is presenting information to the reader …

The title, especially in light of the stuff that went on with Unity, makes one think that this will affect a much wider group of people than it actually does. Unreal was never "fre…

Very misleading article title. The licensing changes target big commercial usages outside of game development. (With revenue thresholds, similar to how it already works right now f…

Do you have an example of an addon this has happened to you for? I've had the opposite experience (stuff breaking on Chrome and well, never had an issue with it on Firefox).

I switched from Speedcrunch to Qalculate a while ago. I don't actually remember exactly why I switched at this point. (I think due to a lack of updates). Qalculate very similar in …

Fidonet still exists! There are a fair number of BBSs that participate in it still. You can find more information on https://www.fidonet.org/ There is also fsxnet, which is based o…

I switched to Windows 11 early on and honestly haven't really had any problems with it. It feels like Windows 10, but with a UI refresh. I mostly like what they've done with the re…

These days I drink my cup in the morning 5 days a week. I quit drinking caffeine for about a month every year, and when I start drinking it again that first cup always a shocker. I…

I would have if any of the BBSs I was on had it :). I just downloaded a boatload of SLS Linux floppy images from a BBS instead! :D

I think Qt Creator deserves a mention as well. It's a batteries included c++ environment with drag and drop GUI building and etc.